Inhaler



(No Model.)

B. R. PEYTON. H

INHALBR.

N0. 371,213. Patented 001;. 11 188'7.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD R. PEYTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, ASSIGNOR OF TWOTHIBDS TO FREDERICKGETCHELL AND EDVARD N. BLACK, OF OAKLAND,

CALIFORNIA.

INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,213, dated October11, 1887.

7 Application filed January 8, 1887. Serial No.2'23J 20. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD R. PEYTON, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement inFumigators and Inhalers; and I hereby declare the'following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an apparatus which is especially useful as afumigator to be used for applying medicated vapors for the cure ofthroat or lung diseases in horses or other animals.

It consists of two receptacles placed one or with suitable relation toeach other, the inner one containing one of the substances to beemployed and the outer one a solution through which the vapor of theinner one is first passed. In connection with these are pipes andpassages through which the vapors are conveyed, a flexible tube throughwhich air may be blown into the apparatus, and a second flexible tube bywhich the vapor is taken out from the apparatus, together with a bulb ornozzle which is fitted to be applied to the nostrils of the animal, sothat the medicated vapor may be forced into it.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figurel is aperspective view of the apparatus. Fig. 2is a sectional view of the same.

A is an exterior jar or vessel, which may be made of any suitablematerial, glass being the best, as it will resistthe action ofacids oralkalies which may be used. Upon the top of thisjar is fitted ascrew-cap, B, which should be made oflead, hard rubber, glass, or anynon-corrosive substance, and in the center of this top is fixed themouth of a smaller jaror bottle, C, which extends part way down into themain 4o jar or receptacle. Continuous with the top of this bottle is anopening having a stopper, D, also made of non-corrosive material.Through this a glass or other tube extends a short distance, having aflexible tube, E, connecting with it and extending outward, so thatairmay be blown in through it into the inner bottle, C.

At one side of the central opening, just above the mouth of the innerbottle, is a hole which opens into a vertical chamber, F, the top ofwhich is closed, the lower end opening inside the cover B, and it has atube, G, which extends downward nearly to the bottom of the exteriorlargejar. Another opening is made through the cap or cover, having atube,

H, extending up from it to serve as a connee tion for the flexible tubeI, and the outer end of this tube I has connected with it a bulb, J,which in the present case is shown as aglobular or slightly-oval form;but it may be made pear or other suitable shape, having an opening, K,in the end opposite to the extension, to which the rubber tube I isattached, for the discharge of the vapor through it. This bulb is ofsuch shape that it may be introduced in the nostril of a horse, so thatthe medicated vapor produced in the apparatus can be discharged into thenostril, and thus effect the alleviation of any nasal or lung trouble.

The operation of the apparatus will be as follows: Into the largerexterior vessel I place a solution ofammonia, carbolic acid, tar-water,or any other suitable or desired solution, and

into the smaller interiorbottleis placed hydrochloric acid. The capbeing screwed on firmly, so as to be air-tight, by means of arubbergasket around its edge, and the central stopper being placed in theopening, air may be blown in through the tube E, which air, passing downinto the hydrochloric acid,wi1l produce fumes of this acid, and thesewill pass through the openings in the side passage or chamber, F, abovethe neck of the smaller bottle, thence down through the tube G into theliquid contained in the outer jar. The air charged with thehydrochloric-acid vapor will then rise up through the liquid solution inthe outer jar, and will escape through the passage H in the cap orcover, passing through the flexible dis charge-tube to the nozzle orbulb, through which it passes to its destination. By this arrangement Iam enabled to hold the necessary ingredients in separate receptacles,and in such a position as to be used at an instants notice by simplyblowing air through the inlet-tube, and the ingredients are mixed so asto produce a medicated vapor of any desired quality or strength, whichis applied immediately after its production.

It will be manifest that the smaller interior bottle might be placedoutside and connected with the larger one; but I have found this arsaidcap and extending within the outer jar, 15

a passage formed in and leading from the upper cal use. The sameapparatus can also be used as portion of said receptacle, and adownwardlyan inhaling apparatus for human beings, if deextending pipe,G, having a closed top and sired, by simply removing the inlet-tube andcommunicating with said passage, in combihaving the upperinhaling-nozzle applied to nation with a discharge-pipe having a nozzlethe outlet-tube, when the air can be drawn in connected therewith,substantially as herein instead of forced. described.

Having thus described my inventio11,whatI i In witness whereof I havehereunto set my claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters hand.Patent, is- I rangenic'nt to be the most con venient for practi BERNARDR. PEYTON.

An apparatus consisting of the exterior jar, \Vitnesses: a cap fittingsaid jar and having a central S. H. NOURSE, opening, an interiorreceptacle fitted within H. G. LEE.

